Results from a recent Spok survey of more than 600 health-care organizations across the globe found that 44 percent of them have a documented mobile strategy. That’s up 10 percent from a year ago. Among the health-care facilities that didn’t have a strategy, 33 percent are actively in the process of developing one. Spok, […]
Results from a recent Spok survey of more than 600 health-care organizations across the globe found that 44 percent of them have a documented mobile strategy.
That’s up 10 percent from a year ago. Among the health-care facilities that didn’t have a strategy, 33 percent are actively in the process of developing one.
Spok, a Springfield, Virginia—based communications firm, started conducting the “Mobility Strategies in Healthcare” survey in 2010 to identify trends in mobile-device usage in hospitals, as well as to see how far along hospitals are in devising their strategies.
Hospitals say improving efficiency and facilitating communication with doctors and nurses are the main drivers for using mobile devices, while security and costs remain top concerns.
The 2014 report says the key takeaway from the results is that “different devices fit better for different roles, so standardization is highly unlikely. Having a platform with the ability to effectively communicate with a diverse array of devices is essential.”
